Is Frank a boy or girl name?
Frank is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 656 boys were named Frank, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.5% of the 920,009 US babies named Frank were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #468
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Frank since 1880
- 920,009
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 17,089 babies
Boys and girls named Frank, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30,967 | 168 | 0.5% |
| 1890s | 28,718 | 221 | 0.8% |
| 1900s | 29,046 | 194 | 0.7% |
| 1910s | 116,017 | 560 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 151,830 | 947 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 108,088 | 617 | 0.6% |
| 1940s | 119,420 | 401 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 112,321 | 377 | 0.3% |
| 1960s | 87,150 | 384 | 0.4% |
| 1970s | 46,920 | 373 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 33,603 | 267 | 0.8% |
| 1990s | 23,967 | 97 | 0.4% |
| 2000s | 14,475 | 5 | 0% |
| 2010s | 9,479 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 3,397 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 656 | #468 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 648 | #469 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 708 | #440 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 691 | #444 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 694 | #427 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 773 | #403 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 807 | #392 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 890 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 957 | #353 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 944 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 991 | #336 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1,007 | #327 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 985 | #320 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1,048 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1,077 | #302 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1,138 | #291 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1,228 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1,333 | #262 | 5 | #18,553 |
| 2006 | 1,401 | #246 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1,480 | #231 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1,466 | #230 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1,500 | #230 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1,587 | #216 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1,634 | #214 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1,708 | #209 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1,855 | #187 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1,887 | #177 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 2,023 | #168 | 9 | #9,281 |
| 1996 | 2,149 | #162 | 9 | #9,044 |
| 1995 | 2,247 | #157 | 17 | #5,514 |
| 1994 | 2,479 | #141 | 12 | #7,257 |
| 1993 | 2,504 | #134 | 18 | #5,280 |
| 1992 | 2,755 | #125 | 7 | #10,855 |
| 1991 | 2,881 | #116 | 12 | #7,106 |
| 1990 | 3,187 | #109 | 13 | #6,592 |
| 1989 | 3,054 | #109 | 23 | #4,157 |
| 1988 | 3,271 | #99 | 17 | #4,911 |
| 1987 | 3,124 | #97 | 28 | #3,278 |
| 1986 | 3,178 | #91 | 32 | #2,927 |
| 1985 | 3,303 | #90 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 1984 | 3,331 | #86 | 28 | #3,103 |
| 1983 | 3,362 | #86 | 26 | #3,178 |
| 1982 | 3,605 | #81 | 29 | #3,041 |
| 1981 | 3,640 | #82 | 29 | #3,012 |
| 1980 | 3,735 | #81 | 27 | #3,152 |
| 1979 | 3,930 | #78 | 32 | #2,743 |
| 1978 | 3,776 | #77 | 30 | #2,761 |
| 1977 | 3,895 | #71 | 32 | #2,627 |
| 1976 | 3,899 | #68 | 29 | #2,678 |
| 1975 | 4,211 | #66 | 36 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 4,364 | #65 | 44 | #1,940 |
| 1973 | 4,784 | #61 | 42 | #1,951 |
| 1972 | 5,167 | #56 | 43 | #1,931 |
| 1971 | 6,089 | #54 | 36 | #2,219 |
| 1970 | 6,805 | #48 | 49 | #1,809 |
| 1969 | 6,918 | #47 | 45 | #1,847 |
| 1968 | 6,892 | #49 | 48 | #1,687 |
| 1967 | 7,430 | #45 | 43 | #1,764 |
| 1966 | 7,787 | #44 | 29 | #2,211 |
| 1965 | 8,317 | #43 | 30 | #2,166 |
| 1964 | 9,338 | #41 | 31 | #2,163 |
| 1963 | 9,525 | #41 | 44 | #1,740 |
| 1962 | 9,760 | #42 | 42 | #1,765 |
| 1961 | 10,432 | #41 | 35 | #1,968 |
| 1960 | 10,751 | #40 | 37 | #1,861 |
| 1959 | 10,941 | #42 | 49 | #1,559 |
| 1958 | 11,326 | #38 | 54 | #1,454 |
| 1957 | 11,268 | #38 | 41 | #1,690 |
| 1956 | 11,150 | #38 | 44 | #1,603 |
| 1955 | 11,109 | #34 | 24 | #2,238 |
| 1954 | 10,995 | #36 | 38 | #1,653 |
| 1953 | 11,180 | #33 | 27 | #1,982 |
| 1952 | 11,268 | #32 | 27 | #1,953 |
| 1951 | 11,477 | #31 | 43 | #1,442 |
| 1950 | 11,607 | #29 | 30 | #1,737 |
| 1949 | 11,960 | #27 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1948 | 12,698 | #25 | 31 | #1,684 |
| 1947 | 13,995 | #23 | 48 | #1,322 |
| 1946 | 12,667 | #22 | 51 | #1,212 |
| 1945 | 10,874 | #21 | 30 | #1,491 |
| 1944 | 11,342 | #21 | 40 | #1,261 |
| 1943 | 12,245 | #21 | 46 | #1,200 |
| 1942 | 12,248 | #21 | 43 | #1,214 |
| 1941 | 10,795 | #21 | 33 | #1,343 |
| 1940 | 10,596 | #20 | 36 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 9,990 | #20 | 54 | #965 |
| 1938 | 10,261 | #18 | 38 | #1,190 |
| 1937 | 10,126 | #18 | 52 | #968 |
| 1936 | 10,186 | #16 | 51 | #963 |
| 1935 | 10,421 | #16 | 55 | #942 |
| 1934 | 10,636 | #16 | 54 | #942 |
| 1933 | 10,964 | #16 | 73 | #773 |
| 1932 | 11,497 | #15 | 68 | #835 |
| 1931 | 11,472 | #16 | 84 | #738 |
| 1930 | 12,535 | #13 | 88 | #746 |
| 1929 | 12,966 | #12 | 130 | #600 |
| 1928 | 13,570 | #12 | 106 | #681 |
| 1927 | 14,377 | #12 | 108 | #702 |
| 1926 | 14,493 | #12 | 93 | #744 |
| 1925 | 15,329 | #12 | 99 | #746 |
| 1924 | 16,044 | #12 | 94 | #768 |
| 1923 | 15,903 | #11 | 86 | #788 |
| 1922 | 16,013 | #10 | 77 | #837 |
| 1921 | 16,705 | #9 | 89 | #777 |
| 1920 | 16,430 | #9 | 65 | #907 |
| 1919 | 15,701 | #9 | 84 | #768 |
| 1918 | 17,018 | #9 | 71 | #856 |
| 1917 | 15,768 | #9 | 98 | #696 |
| 1916 | 15,291 | #9 | 84 | #738 |
| 1915 | 15,006 | #9 | 62 | #828 |
| 1914 | 12,002 | #9 | 46 | #868 |
| 1913 | 9,237 | #9 | 36 | #888 |
| 1912 | 7,912 | #9 | 29 | #948 |
| 1911 | 4,314 | #8 | 29 | #805 |
| 1910 | 3,768 | #8 | 21 | #954 |
| 1909 | 3,244 | #8 | 18 | #975 |
| 1908 | 3,146 | #8 | 22 | #840 |
| 1907 | 2,943 | #8 | 20 | #853 |
| 1906 | 2,798 | #8 | 15 | #976 |
| 1905 | 2,837 | #8 | 22 | #787 |
| 1904 | 2,799 | #8 | 22 | #761 |
| 1903 | 2,644 | #8 | 18 | #819 |
| 1902 | 2,756 | #8 | 17 | #854 |
| 1901 | 2,402 | #8 | 21 | #708 |
| 1900 | 3,477 | #8 | 19 | #871 |
| 1899 | 2,550 | #8 | 21 | #688 |
| 1898 | 2,925 | #8 | 19 | #776 |
| 1897 | 2,726 | #7 | 17 | #772 |
| 1896 | 2,845 | #7 | 17 | #798 |
| 1895 | 3,012 | #6 | 27 | #581 |
| 1894 | 2,863 | #7 | 19 | #690 |
| 1893 | 2,917 | #7 | 20 | #647 |
| 1892 | 3,150 | #6 | 25 | #557 |
| 1891 | 2,652 | #6 | 22 | #563 |
| 1890 | 3,078 | #6 | 34 | #436 |
| 1889 | 2,975 | #6 | 17 | #626 |
| 1888 | 3,459 | #6 | 21 | #556 |
| 1887 | 2,883 | #6 | 19 | #515 |
| 1886 | 3,127 | #6 | 22 | #467 |
| 1885 | 3,067 | #6 | 18 | #509 |
| 1884 | 3,218 | #6 | 21 | #440 |
| 1883 | 2,986 | #6 | 17 | #469 |
| 1882 | 3,176 | #6 | 11 | #579 |
| 1881 | 2,834 | #6 | 9 | #596 |
| 1880 | 3,242 | #6 | 13 | #479 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Frank reached #6 in 1880. As a girl name, it reached #436 in 1890. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Frank
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.